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WGUS54 KJAN 251402

FFWJAN

MSC035-073-251800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

759 AM CST WED FEB 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

  LAMAR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI



* UNTIL NOON CST



* AT 759 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF  

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF      

  PURVIS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF POPLARVILLE...MOVING        

  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.



THE GROUNDS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL 

EARLIER THIS MORNING AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS WILL 

AGGRAVATE THESE SATURATED CONDITIONS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



LAT...LON 3102 8964 3103 8933 3093 8932 3093 8914

          3143 8915 3143 8965



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